The Jimmy Rex Show

Jimmy Rex
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Oct 15, 2018 • 47min

#95 - Kurt Brown - Former Wall Street & Market Expert Talks About Life in the Financial Crisis of 2008 & What We Can Expect in the Future

Guest Bio:As Chief Investment Officer, Kurt heads the TownSquare investment committee in the design and construction of client portfolios including asset class selection and the vetting of outside money managers. With nearly 25 years of both buy and sell-side capital markets experience, Kurt has managed portfolios for Fortune 500 companies, hedge funds, university endowments, Taft Hartley plans, bank trust portfolios, and individual retirement accounts. Prior to forming TownSquare, Kurt was a principal at Alta Capital, a high-quality growth equity manager based in Salt Lake City, Utah. During his 12 years with Alta, Kurt helped grow the firm’s assets under management from $300 million to over $3 billion. In addition to his investment work, Kurt is frequently called upon to speak at investment conferences, universities, and CPA and Estate Planning conferences. Topics include capital markets inefficiencies and conflicts of interest associated with investment products and brokerage firms. Prior to Alta, Kurt was with Black Rock Capital and Bank of America / Montgomery Securities where he advised institutional clients on trading and risk management issues including the divestiture and hedging of concentrated equity positions and the creation of a ​structured product. Kurt studied Finance and Economics at Brigham Young University where he currently serves as an adjunct professor and board member of The Ballard Center for Economic Self Reliance.
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Oct 10, 2018 • 31min

#94 - Mia Love - U.S. First Black, Female, Republican to Ever Be Elected to Congress Talks About How She Fights For Utah Everyday

Guest Bio:Representative Mia Love was born in Brooklyn, New York and eventually moved to Connecticut.  Rep. Love recalls both her parents working hard to earn a living.   Her father, at times, worked more than one job to pay school tuition for his three children.  On the day of Love’s college orientation, her father said something to her that would become the mantra for her life:"Mia, your mother and I never took a handout. You will not be a burden to society. You will give back."Rep. Love graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in fine arts. She moved to Utah and married her husband, Jason Love.  She was eager to carry forward her father’s ethic of ‘giving back’.  Rep. Love served two terms on the city council of Saratoga Springs, one of Utah’s fastest growing cities. As City Councilwoman and eventually Mayor, she led the city through a period of 1700% population growth in a decade. Under her leadership, the city was able to successfully navigate the drastic transition from agricultural fields to a booming residential community. When the citizen growth necessitated fire and police services, Love fought to make sure the city's first ever residential tax implementation would only pay for those essential services, and she structured it in such a way that the tax decreased as a percentage of property value.Rep. Love is best known for her conservative positions on limited government, increased citizen liberties and limited restraints on business. She believes the best thing she can do as a Congresswoman is to urge the federal government to stay out of the way of business and out of the lives of citizens. She advocates a return to personal responsibility and reduced government dependency, again a value engendered by her father.She felt so deeply about these convictions, she ran for Congress in 2012, and again in 2014 where she was victorious.  Now in her second term in Congress, Representative Love has been very busy keeping the promises she made to her constituents in the 4th district by voting to foster local control in all aspects of government.Congresswoman Love has sponsored a variety of bills, 10 in her first term, one of which passed the House of Representatives in April 2016.  (H.R. 3791 would give more small banks the flexibility to lend money to consumers.)   She is the co-sponsor of dozens of additional bills, including legislation that promotes local control of education, free market solutions to our health care crisis, and cutting the regulatory burden that the federal government has imposed on small businesses.Rep. Love is serving on the Financial Services Committee, and on the Monetary Policy and Trade, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and the Terrorism and Illicit Financing subcommittees.   In 2016, Rep. Love is also served on the Select Investigative Committee on Infant Lives.    Based on her votes, she has twice been honored to accept the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ‘Spirit of Enterprise Award’, the American Conservative Union’s ‘Award for Conservative Excellence’, the IFDA's 'Thomas Jefferson Award, the Susan B. Anthony List’s ‘Marilyn Musgrave Defender of Life’ award, and the National Federation of Independent Business 'Small Business Guardian Award'.
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Oct 8, 2018 • 29min

#93 - Raul Neto - Brazilian Born Utah Jazz Point Guard Shares Some of His Incredible Journey that Led Him to Utah & the NBA

Raul "Raulzinho" Togni Neto is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team.Neto made his professional debut in 2008 with Minas Tênis Clube during the 2008–09 FIBA Americas League. He played a further three seasons for Minas and even represented the World Team at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit.After averaging 12.6 points and 2.2 assists per game as a sixth man for Minas in 2010–11, Neto signed with Lagun Aro GBC of Spain for the 2011–12 season. After averaging 8.5 points and 2.9 assists per game during the 2012–13 season with Lagun Aro, Neto was selected with the 47th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He was later traded to the Utah Jazz on draft night. However, he did not join the Jazz and instead returned to Lagun Aro for the 2013–14 season.On August 1, 2014, Neto signed a three-year deal with UCAM Murcia. He parted ways with the club following the 2014–15 season in order to sign in the NBA.On July 9, 2015, Neto signed with the Utah Jazz. ​He made his debut for the Jazz in the team's season opener against the Detroit Pistons on October 28, 2015, recording 8 points and 3 assists as a starter in a 92–87 loss. On January 27, 2016, Neto was selected to the 2016 Rising Stars Challenge as a member of the World Team. On February 19, 2016, he scored a season-high 15 points in a 111–93 win over the Boston Celtics.[9] On January 9, 2017, he spent a day with the Salt Lake City Stars, Utah's D-League affiliate. He was reassigned to Salt Lake City on January 11, 2017, and then recalled the next day. He played 9 of 11 matches of the Jazz during the playoffs.On July 6, 2018, Neto re-signed with the Jazz.
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Oct 3, 2018 • 53min

#92 - Scott Keller - Real Estate Mogul & Top Political Donor Talks Living Life To The Fullest & How To Work Building a Life To Be Proud Of

Over the past 35 years, Scott C. Keller has become one of the largest single-private apartment owners in the Western United States. During this period of time, he has specialized in the acquisition and management of thousands of multi-family units throughout the Intermountain and northwest areas of the U.S.In addition to large apartment communities, his personal investment portfolio has involved hotels, retail centers, student housing, senior housing, assisted living, and private equity investments. His start in real estate began with small investments in four-plexes and single-family dwelling rental homes as a supplemental income source. Mr. Keller’s business acumen, real estate savvy, and property management skills have allowed him to achieve substantial annual returns on his real estate investments that allow for such healthy and consistent growth in both up and down markets. Because of his success, he is widely sought out as a real estate consultant in his community. In addition, he has enjoyed a long-lasting relationship with several banks and lending institutions. From 1983 to 1987, and prior to becoming a real estate investor/entrepreneur full time, Mr. Keller traveled extensively throughout the United States as a consultant to the transportation industry, pertaining to long haul (semi trucks) class eight vehicles, cutting their annual operating expenses and taxes by millions of dollars each year.From 1977 to 1983, Mr. Keller worked for Ryder Systems, Inc. and was advanced to District Rental Manager for commercial and rental installations in five states. In 1982, he was one of eight out of 30,000 employees to be inducted into Rental Masters – the highest honor and level of recognition the company bestowed upon an employee for exceptional performance in all business functions.He serves as chairman of the Utah American Diabetes Association and honored as Utah ADA Father of the Year. As a volunteer for the Romney Presidential campaign, Scott became a top fundraiser in the State of Utah. Since then, Scott actively supports many political candidates. Further, he is involved in many philanthropic and charitable causes.Earlier in life, he served a two-year voluntary mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and soon after guided whitewater​ tours down all major western rivers, including the Grand Canyon. Today he enjoys snow skiing, mountain biking, road biking, motorcycle riding, and frequent trips to Lake Powell with family and friends.Mr. Keller lives in Bountiful, Utah and is happily married with five children, all in college or graduated. He also has 10 grandchildren. He attended UNLV, Dixie College and BYU-Idaho with studies in Business.
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Oct 1, 2018 • 41min

#91 - Travis Hansen - Former NBA & BYU Star Talks How He Evolved After His Basketball Career to Start-up a Very Successful Company

Travis Hansen learned leadership during nearly two decades on the basketball court for UVU, BYU and the NBA. Now he’s fast breaking on the wave of entrepreneurism. “Surfers paddle 90 percent of the time, and 10 percent of the time they get to ride the wave,” Hansen says. “We call those moments our ‘Tesani moments’ and we create them inside our companies.” Hansen’s itch to still play on a team led him to being recruited by Deseret Book’s Sheri Dew to write “The Next Few Years Will Change Your Life.” And now his go-to play is changing others’ lives, first with Sunshine Heroes that has benefited 450,000 children around the world, and now rebounding business strategies with his 55 employees at Tesani, a holding company. His roster of brands includes Eddy HR, Lift Credit, Capital Choice and Tech 9.
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Sep 26, 2018 • 55min

#90 - Dale Murphy - 2 Time NL MVP & 7 Time All-star Speaks About the Ups & Downs of an 18 Year Major League Baseball Career

Guest Bio:Dale Murphy was chosen by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 1974 Major League Draft. Over the next few years, he worked his way through the Braves minor league system and made his major league debut in 1976.Although he began his career as a catcher, he spent a short time at first base and finally ended up in the outfield where he became the youngest player in history to win back-to-back MVP awards (1982 and 1983), was named to the National League All-Star team seven times, earned four Silver Slugger awards and five Gold Gloves. During his 1983 MVP season, he became the only player in history to compile a .300+ batting average, 30+ home runs, 120+ runs batted in, 130+ runs scored, 90+ bases on balls, and 30+ stolen bases in one season. During the decade spanning 1981-1990, he led the major leagues in home runs and RBIs. He also led the National League in games, at-bats, runs, hits, extra base hits, runs created, total bases, and plate appearances during that same period of time. With 7,960 at-bats, he retired in 1993 after a long and successful career with the Atlanta Braves (1974-1991), the Philadelphia Phillies (1991-1993), and the Colorado Rockies (1993.)Dale was one of the most beloved athletes to ever play in Atlanta. His number (#3) was only the fifth in Braves history to be retired joining those of baseball greats Hank Aaron, Eddie Matthews, Warran Spahn, and Phil Niekro and hangs today in Turner Field.Known as one of the true gentlemen of the game, Dale has always led by example, giving his time and lending his name to numerous charities throughout the years. In 1987, he was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the “Sportsmen and Sportswomen of the Year,” representing baseball as the athlete “Who Cares the Most” and was honored as such by President Ronald Reagan at the White House.Dale received other humanitarian-related awards during his career including The Lou Gehrig Award (given to the player who best fits the image and character of Lou Gehrig on and off the field), The Roberto Clemente Award (given annually to one major league player in recognition of his character and charitable contributions) and the Bart Giamatti Award. After his retirement, Dale was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.​Dale has also written two books: “The Scouting Report: Professional Athletics” and “The Scouting Report: Youth Athletics”Dale is a sought-after business and motivational speaker and divides his time between charity work, church work, and his family. He and his wife, Nancy, are the parents of eight children (seven sons and one daughter) and nine grandchildren.
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Sep 24, 2018 • 50min

#89 - Sam Taggart - Founder of Door2Door Con & One of the Greatest Door Salesman Speaks on Staying Motivated for Massive Success

Guest Bio:Sam was born in Park City Utah and was raised in a family of Salesman and Entrepreneurs. At age 7 you would find Sam selling golf balls at the local course. Age 11 he started selling magazines D2D. Age 13-18 started a D2D company called "The Gutterman" managing over 11 employees painting the addresses on the curbs. Grossed over $100,000 in sales through high school. Age 18 entered into Alarm Sales D2D and became one of the best Alarm reps in the industry. 2014 top rep of the year for Vivint, over 3000 active sales reps. 2016 Became VP of Direct Sales in the Solar industry and has successfully managed millions of dollars in revenue per month.
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Sep 21, 2018 • 24min

Bonus - Ryan Hamilton - Star of Netflix Comedy Special "Happy Face" & One of the Countries Top Comedians Talks About His Start in Comedy

Ryan recently released his first stand-up special. The one-hour Netflix original Happy Face, follows a wealth of television appearances and a non-stop headlining tour. Armed with the unique perspective of growing up in rural Idaho to become a favorite in the New York stand-up comedy scene, he’s one-of-a-kind. He’s been named one of Rolling Stone’s Five Comics to Watch, and recent appearances include The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, and opening spots for Jerry Seinfeld as well as Gad Elmelah at Carnegie Hall. Ryan is endearing stand-up lovers, and his future is bright.“One of the most reliably funny regulars at the Comedy Cellar, an observational comic who often riffs on the absurdity of his own wholesomeness.”–The New York Times“It was fresh, poignant, and light-hearted without sacrificing depth.” – Forget The Box review of Ryan’s show “Edgy, Boundary-Pushing Comedian” at the 2017 Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival
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Sep 19, 2018 • 47min

#88 - Keith Stubbs - Owner of Wiseguys Comedy Club & Comedian Discusses Opening His Own Club & How It's Grown Over The Years

Keith Stubbs is a 'triple threat' in showbiz and entertainment. He's a hilarious stand-up comedian, talented actor, and award-winning radio personality.​Keith was twice voted 'Best Comedian' by City Weekly, the Standard-Examiner named him 'Funniest Comic' and he was a semi-finalist in Comedy Central's Laugh Riots comedy competition. The Utah-based comic has made television appearances on A&E's An Evening at the Improv, nationally syndicated Comedy.TV, ABC's America's Funniest People and has established himself as a funny, improvisational comic, host, roastmaster and emcee. Keith tours nationally and has shared the stage with showbiz legends Joan Rivers, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Cosby, Jim Gaffigan, Sinbad, Gladys Knight, and Frank Caliendo. Keith was one of five comedians who performed for the athletes in the Olympic Village at the 2002 Winter Games. ​Keith was named Best Actor by City Weekly for his show-stopping, comedic performance as 'Vinnie Black' in the stage production of Tony and Tina's Wedding. Stubbs currently plays Rob Schneider's accountant in the TV series "Real Rob" on Netflix. For eight consecutive years, Keith was awarded "Best Radio Personality" by the Utah Broadcasters' Association for his time spent as host of "The Stubbs Show" on 101.5 The Eagle. He also hosted KEITH STUBBS SPORTS on ESPN700 in Salt Lake City and appeared nationally on CMT radio and the Blue Collar Comedy channel on SiriusXM. Keith is often recognized for being a clean comedian, although his audiences span a broad spectrum. One review said, "Keith was funny, period! He was clean but we hardly noticed because his comedy and style are so unique and spot on."​Comedy isn't his only strength - Stubbs is also a businessman and is the founder and owner of Wiseguys Comedy Clubs in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. ​Keith was raised in Charleston, South Carolina and now lives in Ogden, Utah with his wife and children.
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Sep 17, 2018 • 47min

#87 - Nick Howland - Plastic Surgeon Speaks on Overcoming Multiple Challenges on Your Way to Building a Passionate Business & Life You Love

Guest Bio:Dr. Howland was born and raised in Murray, Utah. He developed manual dexterity and a love for the arts through 13 years of piano lessons. Before pursuing his undergraduate degree at the University of Utah, he successfully fulfilled a 2-year church mission to St. Petersburg, Russia. During that time, Dr. Howland was selected as the lead interpreter and coordinator for volunteer efforts in the world-renowned Hermitage Museum. This volunteer effort was during the 300-year celebration of the founding of St. Petersburg as a city, and Dr. Howland further developed a profound love and appreciation for art and the human form as he gave countless tours of the museum.Upon returning from Russia, Dr. Howland embarked on his long pathway of training. He graduated cum laude from the University of Utah with a degree in Business Administration and minors in Chemistry and Russian Literature. This was on top of the difficult pre-med pathway. He was early accepted into medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. It was here that Dr. Howland began to do basic science and clinical research in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. As a top student in his graduating class, he was accepted among the nation’s top medical students into the highly competitive six-year integrated plastic and reconstructive residency program at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. During residency, Dr. Howland was prolific in his pursuit of furthering his knowledge in the field—he presented at over 20 local and national meetings as well as published several abstracts, journal articles, and book chapters. He had the privilege to rotate through and train with some of the best hospitals and plastic surgeons in the world: John Sealy Hospital, Shriners Burn Hospital for Children, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, St. Joseph Medical Center, The Cronin-Brauer Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic at Shriners Hospital, and Houston Methodist St. John Hospital.

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